Commercial production of synthetic fuel from fiber system

ABSTRACT

A commercial production of synthetic fuel from fiber system for reducing synthetic fuels and other usable by-products from fibrous plant material. The process includes providing wind or solar generated energy to a water electrolysis unit; providing water to said water electrolysis unit; cleaving said water within said water electrolysis unit into hydrogen gas and oxygen gas; supplying said hydrogen gas and said oxygen gas to a hydrogen turbine; providing heat from said hydrogen turbine to a syngas reactor; providing a ground fibrous plant material within said syngas reactor; heating said ground fibrous plant material within said syngas reactor to produce a syngas; separating hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide from said syngas; inserting said hydrogen, said carbon monoxide, and said carbon dioxide into a Fischer-Tropsch reactor; producing ethanol and methanol within said Fischer-Tropsch reactor; and collecting said mixture of ethanol and methanol produced by said inserting said hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide into said Fischer-Tropsch reactor.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates generally to commercial fuel productionand more specifically it relates to a commercial production of syntheticfuel from fiber system for producing synthetic fuels and other usableby-products from fibrous plant material.

2. Description of the Related Art

Any discussion of the prior art throughout the specification should inno way be considered as an admission that such prior art is widely knownor forms part of common general knowledge in the field.

Commercial fuel synthesis systems have been in use for years. Typically,other systems provide synthesis for waste materials such as plants to beconverted into useful gases for energy. Additionally, previous systemshave provided for conversion of products such as corn or other usefulitems into liquid fuels. However, these previous systems did not showthe conversion of what are generally considered waste products to beconverted into useful products including but not limited to syntheticfuels, fertilizer, and useful gases with little or no emissions beingproduced from that system. Additionally, the present invention usesrenewable power sources as an energy source as opposed to thenon-renewable energy sources often used in previous systems.

While these compositions may be suitable for the particular purpose towhich they address, they are not as suitable for producing syntheticfuels and other usable by-products from plant material. However, theseprevious systems did not show the conversion of what are generallyconsidered waste products to be converted into useful products includingbut not limited to synthetic fuels, fertilizer, and useful gases withlittle or no emissions being produced from that system.

In these respects, the Commercial Production of Synthetic Fuel FromFiber System according to the present invention substantially departsfrom the conventional methods of use and compositions of the prior art,and in so doing provides a composition and a method of using thecomposition primarily developed for the purpose of producing syntheticfuels and other usable by-products from plant material.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types ofcommercial fuel production now present in the prior art, the presentinvention provides a new commercial production of synthetic fuel fromfiber system wherein the same can be utilized for producing syntheticfuels and other usable by-products from plant material.

The general purpose of the present invention, which will be describedsubsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new commercialproduction of synthetic fuel from fiber system that has many of theadvantages of the commercial fuel production mentioned heretofore andmany novel features and functions that result in a new commercialproduction of synthetic fuel from fiber system which is not anticipated,rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior artcommercial fuel production, either alone or in any combination thereof.

To attain this, the present invention generally comprises providing windor solar generated energy to a water electrolysis unit; providing waterto said water electrolysis unit; cleaving said water within said waterelectrolysis unit into hydrogen gas and oxygen gas; supplying saidhydrogen gas and said oxygen gas to a hydrogen turbine; providing heatfrom said hydrogen turbine to a syngas reactor; providing a groundfibrous plant material within said syngas reactor; heating said groundfibrous plant material within said syngas reactor to produce a syngas;separating hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide from saidsyngas; inserting said hydrogen, said carbon monoxide, and said carbondioxide into a Fischer-Tropsch reactor; producing ethanol and methanolwithin said Fischer-Tropsch reactor; and collecting said ethanol andsaid methanol produced by said inserting said hydrogen, carbon monoxide,and carbon dioxide into said Fischer-Tropsch reactor.

There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more importantfeatures of the invention in order that the detailed description thereofmay be better understood, and in order that the present contribution tothe art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of theinvention that will be described hereinafter and that will form thesubject matter of the claims appended hereto.

In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of theinvention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is notlimited in its application to the details of construction and to thearrangements of the components set forth in the following description orillustrated in drawings. The invention is capable of other embodimentsand of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is tobe understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein arefor the purpose of the description and should not be regarded aslimiting.

A primary object of the present invention is to provide a commercialproduction of synthetic fuel from fiber system that will overcome theshortcomings of the prior art.

Another object is to provide a commercial production of synthetic fuelfrom fiber system that produces synthetic fuels and other usableby-products from plant material.

An additional object is to provide a commercial production of syntheticfuel from fiber system that produces little or no pollutants.

Another object is to provide a commercial production of synthetic fuelfrom fiber system that uses renewable energy to create anenvironmentally friendly system.

A further object is to provide a commercial production of synthetic fuelfrom fiber system that produces fertilizer as a by-product.

Another object is to provide a commercial production of synthetic fuelfrom fiber system that uses steam reformation to produce synthetic fuelfrom methane and ethane.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention will becomeobvious to the reader and it is intended that these objects andadvantages are within the scope of the present invention.

To the accomplishment of the above and related objects, this inventionmay be embodied in the form illustrated in the accompanying drawings,attention being called to the fact, however, that the drawings areillustrative only, and that changes may be made in the specific useillustrated and described within the scope of the appended claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Various other objects, features and attendant advantages of the presentinvention will become fully appreciated as the same becomes betterunderstood when considered in conjunction with the accompanyingdrawings, in which like reference characters designate the same orsimilar parts throughout the several views, and wherein:

FIG. 1 is a flow diagram of the preferred process of the presentinvention.

FIG. 2 is a flow diagram of a first alternative embodiment of thepresent invention, whereby the ethane and methane are separatelyconverted to ethanol and methanol, respectively.

FIG. 3 is a flow diagram of a second alternative embodiment of thepresent invention whereby excess steam from the hydrogen turbine is usedas an additional source of steam for the steam reformation reactor.

FIG. 4 is a flow diagram of a third alternative embodiment of thepresent invention whereby excess steam from the hydrogen turbine is usedas an additional source of water to be split into hydrogen and oxygenmolecules.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Turning now descriptively to the drawings, in which similar referencecharacters denote similar elements throughout the several view, FIGS. 1through 4 illustrate a commercial production of synthetic fuel fromfiber system 10, which comprises a commercial production of syntheticfuel from fiber system 10 for reducing synthetic fuels and other usableby-products from fibrous plant material. The composition includesproviding wind or solar generated energy to a water electrolysis unit20; providing water to said water electrolysis unit 20; cleaving saidwater within said water electrolysis unit 20 into hydrogen gas andoxygen gas; supplying said hydrogen gas and said oxygen gas to ahydrogen turbine 30; providing heat from said hydrogen turbine to asyngas reactor 40; providing a ground fibrous plant material within saidsyngas reactor 40; heating said ground fibrous plant material withinsaid syngas reactor to produce a syngas; separating hydrogen, carbonmonoxide, and carbon dioxide from said syngas; inserting said hydrogen,said carbon monoxide, and said carbon dioxide into a Fischer-Tropschreactor 80; producing ethanol and methanol within said Fischer-Tropschreactor 80; and collecting said mixture of ethanol and methanol producedby said inserting said hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxideinto said Fischer-Tropsch reactor 80.

A. Power Source

The commercial production of synthetic fuel from fiber system 10requires an initial power source 18 to drive the processes occruingtherein as shown in FIGS. 1-4. This power source 18 is used to splitwater molecules into hydrogen and oxygen molecules to be used inproviding a heat source to the system by using a hydrogen turbine 30.The power source 18 uses solar power or wind generated power to keep thesystem entirely free of any need for fossil fuels or other processedpower source.

B. Water Electrolysis Unit

The power provided by the power source 18 is then supplied to the waterelectrolysis unit 20 as shown in FIGS. 1-4. Using power from the powersource 18, the water electrolysis unit 20 splits the water moleculesfound within the water electrolysis unit 20 into hydrogen gas and oxygengas. The water may be supplied to the water electrolysis unit 20 fromwater or steam produced in the water condenser 50 as shown in FIGS. 1-4,the hydrogen turbine 30 as shown in FIG. 4, or any other place thatwater or steam accumulates within the system, including the syngasreactor 40.

The hydrogen gas is diverted, via a hydrogen carrier tube 24, to ahydrogen tank 25 that contains the hydrogen gas produced by the waterelectrolysis unit 20 as shown in FIGS. 1-4. The hydrogen gas is thensupplied, via the hydrogen delivery tube 26, to the hydrogen turbine 30for production of heat as shown in FIGS. 1-4.

The oxygen gas is diverted, via an oxygen carrier tube 21, to an oxygentank 22 that contains the oxygen gas produced by the water electrolysisunit 20 as shown in FIGS. 1-4. The oxygen gas is supplied, via an oxygendelivery tube 23, to the hydrogen turbine 30 as shown in FIGS. 1-4.

C. Hydrogen Turbine

The hydrogen turbine 30 is of the type of hydrogen turbine generallyused to supply heat by burning hydrogen gas. The hydrogen turbine 30 isused to produce heat for the syngas reactor 40 as shown in FIGS. 1-4.The hydrogen turbine 30 is powered by oxygen and hydrogen produced bythe water electrolysis unit 20 as shown in FIGS. 1-4. Additionally, acarbon dioxide tank 32 may be added to the system to maintain an oxygenfree combustion zone within the syngas reactor 40. All heat generated inthe hydrogen turbine 30 is transferred via a first heat transfer tube 31to the syngas reactor 40 as shown in FIGS. 1-4.

However, as an alternative embodiment, any excess water molecules and/orsteam that are formed in the hydrogen turbine 30 may be supplied back tothe water electrolysis unit 20 via a first steam delivery tube 28 asshown in FIG. 4. As an additional alternative embodiment, the steamproduced in the hydrogen turbine 30 may be supplied as an additionalsteam source to the steam reformation reactor 90 as shown in FIG. 3.

D. Syngas Reactor

The syngas reactor 40 provides syngas from heating of a ground fiberfeed material. The syngas reactor 40 temperature is preferably between200 and 2000 degrees Centigrade, and the pressure in the syngas reactor40 is preferably 20-1000 PSI to allow for proper handling and usage ofthe contents of the syngas reactor 40. The ground fiber material issupplied by placing fiber material, which may include but is not limitedto corn stalks and other agricultural and plant by-products. The fibermaterial is ground and placed into a feed tank 42, whereby the groundfiber material is transferred to an auger tube 44, which also provides aconduit between the feed tank 42 and the syngas reactor 40 and limitsthe amount of oxygen that the ground fiber material is exposed to asshown in FIGS. 1-4. In order to further reduce the amount of oxygenwithin the auger tube 44 and thus the syngas reactor 40, unreactedcarbon monoxide and carbon dioxide from the Fischer-Tropsch reactor 80could be inserted within the auger tube 44 or carbon dioxide in thecarbon dioxide feed 34 could also be used in the auger tube 44. A stopcap is also preferably placed on the end of the auger tube that feedsinto the syngas reactor 40 to inhibit oxygen from entering the syngasreactor 40 when ground fiber is not being fed into the syngas reactor40.

As the ground fiber material is fed into the syngas reactor 40, the heatprovided by the hydrogen turbine 30 causes (a) syngas (hydrogen, carbonmonoxide, carbon dioxide, methane and ethane) to be released into thefirst syngas delivery tube 45, (b) steam to be released into the thirdsteam delivery tube 46, and (c) the remaining noncombusted solidmaterials to be released into the fertilizer tank 47 as shown in FIGS.1-4. The remaining noncombusted solid materials provide a commerciallyviable fertilizer that can be reused in agricultural or otherfertilizer-required industries.

E. Water Condenser

The syngas produced by the syngas reactor 40 is then passed through awater condenser 50 as shown in FIGS. 1-4. The water condenser 40 coolsthe syngas, allowing excess water molecules intermixed within the syngasto be condensed. The removal of water molecules improves the efficiencyof later processes that are less efficient when water molecules arepresent within the syngas. The water caught by the water condenser 50 issupplied to the water electrolysis unit 20 via the water delivery tube52 as shown in FIGS. 1-4. After the syngas is passed through the watercondenser 50, the syngas is passed into the second syngas delivery tube54 as shown in FIGS. 1-4.

F. Zinc-Magnesium Column

As a final step of removing excess water from the syngas, the syngas ispassed through a zinc-magnesium column 60 as shown in FIGS. 1-4 toremove any leftover water found within the syngas. The magnesium foundwithin the zinc-magnesium column 60 will precipitate any excess waterthat has passed the water condenser 50. The zinc found within thezinc-magnesium column 60 keeps the carbon monoxide in reduced form andminimize the amount of carbon monoxide that is converted to carbondioxide when passing the syngas over the zinc-magnesium column 60.

G. Membranes

As shown in FIGS. 1-4, a series of membranes 70, including but notlimited to ceramic membranes 70, are utilized in the system to separatethe hydrogen gas, carbon monoxide gas, carbon dioxide gas, and ethaneand methane from each other within the syngas. The membranes 70 are usedto separate the gases in the syngas based upon their molecular weight.

The hydrogen gas separated from the syngas is passed into a secondhydrogen delivery tube 72 as shown in FIGS. 1-4. The carbon monoxide gasis passed into a carbon monoxide delivery tube 74 as shown in FIGS. 1-4.The carbon dioxide gas is passed into a carbon dioxide delivery tube 76as shown in FIGS. 1-4. Any methane and ethane gases present within thesyngas are passed into the methane-ethane delivery tube 78 as shown inFIGS. 1-4. The methane and ethane are then sent to a steam reformationreactor 90 whereby a mixture of methanol and ethanol can be producedfrom the methane and ethane as shown in FIGS. 1, 3 and 4.

As an alternative embodiment, the present invention also has an optionof providing a methane-ethane separator 71 attached to themethane-ethane delivery tube 78 as shown in FIG. 2. The methane-ethaneseparator would most likely be a type of membrane like the membranes 70to separate the methane and ethane from each other based upon molecularweight. Thus, the methane would be sent to a steam reformation reactor93 to make methanol and the ethane would be sent to a steam reformationchamber 94 to make ethanol as shown in FIG. 2.

H. Fischer-Tropsch Reactor

The Fischer-Tropsch reactor 80 is used to convert the hydrogen gas,carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide provided by the hydrogen deliverytube 72, carbon monoxide delivery tube 74 and carbon dioxide deliverytube 74, respectively, into a mixture of methanol and ethanol usingFischer-Tropsch reactors 80 and Fischer-Tropsch processes generally usedin the art.

The Fischer-Tropsch reactor 80 causes the hydrogen gas, carbon monoxide,and carbon dioxide to form methanol and ethanol by a synthesis ofpassing the hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide over acatalyst, which may include but is not limited to iron or cobalt. TheFischer-Tropsch reactor 80 is an exothermic process, giving off largeamounts of heat that is used to power the conversion of methane andethane into a mixture of methanol and ethanol in the steam reformationreactor 90. The methanol and ethanol produced by the Fischer-Tropschreactor 80 can be separated from one another via distillation ifnecessary.

As an alternative embodiment, hydrogen gas can be converted from theFischer-Tropsch reactor 80 from the hydrogen tank 25 to maintain astoichiometric balance of hydrogen, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxidewithin the Fischer-Tropsch reactor 80.

I. Steam Reformation Reactor

A mixture of methanol and ethanol is produced from methane and ethaneusing a steam reformation reactor 90, wherein the sources of energy andsteam are provided by steam from the syngas reactor 40 and heat from theFischer-Tropsch reactor 80 as shown in FIGS. 1-4. The steam at highpressure and high temperatures reforms the methane and ethane to amixture of methanol and ethanol. As an alternative embodiment, the steamfrom the hydrogen turbine 30 can be diverted to the steam reformationreactor 90 as shown in FIG. 3. When methanol and ethanol are producedsimultaneously and within the same steam reformation reactor 90, theycan be separated from one another via distillation if necessary.

J. Process of Invention

In use, energy is provided from an energy source 18 preferably in theform of solar power or wind generated power. The energy from the energysource 18 is applied to water in a water electrolysis unit 20, therebycleaving the hydrogen oxygen molecules, and passing the hydrogen gasinto a hydrogen tank 25 via a hydrogen carrier tube 24 and the oxygengas into an oxygen tank 22 via an oxygen carrier tube as shown in FIGS.1-4.

The hydrogen and oxygen gases are then provided, via a first hydrogendelivery tube 26 and an oxygen delivery tube 23 respectively, to thehydrogen turbine 30, which produces a significant amount of heat that isprovided to the syngas reactor 40 via the first heat transfer tube 31.Any excess steam from the hydrogen turbine 30 may be diverted back tothe water electrolysis unit 30 as shown in FIG. 4. Carbon dioxide isalso preferably fed into the hydrogen turbine 30 from a carbon dioxidesource 32 via the carbon dioxide feed 34 as shown in FIGS. 1-4 tomaintain an oxygen free combustion in the syngas reactor 40.

The syngas reactor 40 also receives ground fiber material from the feedtank 42 that is passed through an auger tube 44. The auger tube 44 mayalso be supplied with carbon dioxide to force out any oxygen that may bepresent in the auger tube 44, thereby making this system relativelyoxygen free following hydrogen and oxygen entering the hydrogen turbine30.

The syngas produced from the syngas reactor 40 is then passed, via afirst syngas delivery tube 45, through a water condenser 50 having acooled environment to condense any water molecules found within thesyngas as shown in FIGS. 1-4. The syngas continues through the watercondenser 50 via a second syngas delivery tube 54 to the zinc-magnesiumcolumn 60. The water molecules are supplied back to the waterelectrolysis unit 20 and the syngas is passed through a zinc-magnesiumcolumn 60 to remove any remaining water molecules found within thesyngas as shown in FIGS. 1-4.

From the zinc-magnesium column 60, the syngas is passed into a thirdsyngas delivery tube 62 and through a series of membranes 70, whichseparate the components of the syngas according to molecular weight. Thehydrogen, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide components are thentransferred via a hydrogen delivery tube 72, carbon monoxide deliverytube 74, and carbon dioxide delivery tube 76 respectively, to a FischerTropsch reactor 80 as shown in FIGS. 1-4. The methane and ethanecomponents of the syngas are transferred via a methane-ethane deliverytube 78 to a steam reformation reactor 90 as shown in FIGS. 1-4. As analternative embodiment, the methane and ethane components separated fromthe syngas may pass through a methane-ethane separator 71 to separatethe methane and ethane from one another, which are then each supplied toseparate steam reformation reactors 93, 94 via a methane delivery tube95 and ethane delivery tube 96 respectively, as shown in FIG. 2.

The Fischer-Tropsch reactor 80 takes the hydrogen, carbon monoxide, andcarbon dioxide components of the syngas and converts them to ethanol andmethanol, which are supplied through a first methanol-ethanol extractiontube 86 as shown in FIGS. 1-4. Since the Fischer-Tropsch process ofpassing the syngas components across preferably a catalyst, preferablyiron or cobalt, is an exothermic reaction, the excess heat is suppliedto the steam reformation reactor 90 via the second heat transfer tube 84as shown in FIGS. 1-4. In addition, any excess unreacted carbon monoxideand carbon dioxide left in the Fischer-Tropsch reactor 80 are suppliedto the hydrogen turbine 30 as is shown in FIGS. 1-4. However, it can beappreciated that the excess carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide can besupplied to the carbon dioxide tank 32 to be fed to the hydrogen turbine30 if excess unreacted carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide is availablefrom the Fischer-Tropsch reactor 80. The ethanol and methanol producedin the Fischer-Tropsch reactor 80 are then extracted from theFischer-Tropsch reactor 80 via a first methanol-ethanol extraction tube86 as shown in FIGS. 1-4.

The steam reformation reactor 90 is supplied with the methane and ethanefrom the membranes 70, the heat from the Fischer-Tropsch reactor 80 andthe steam from the syngas reactor 40 to convert the methane and ethaneinto a mixture of methanol and ethanol as shown in FIGS. 1, 3 and 4. Themethanol and ethanol is then extracted from the steam reformationreactor 90 via the second methanol-ethanol extraction tube 92 as isshown in FIGS. 1-4.

As an alternative embodiment, the methane and ethane from the membranes70 are passed through the methane-ethane separator 71, whereby themethane and ethane are separated from one another and each is suppliedto a separate steam reformation reactor 93, 94 supplied by steam fromthe syngas reactor 40 and heat from the Fischer-Tropsch reactor 80 as isshown in FIG. 2. The steam reformation reactors 93, 94 subsequentlyconvert the methane and ethane into methanol and ethanol respectively,and the methanol and ethanol are extracted separately from eachrespective steam reformation reactor 93, 94 to the methanol extractiontube 97 and the ethanol extraction tube 98.

What has been described and illustrated herein is a preferred embodimentof the invention along with some of its variations. The terms,descriptions and figures used herein are set forth by way ofillustration only and are not meant as limitations. Those skilled in theart will recognize that many variations are possible within the spiritand scope of the invention, which is intended to be defined by thefollowing claims (and their equivalents) in which all terms are meant intheir broadest reasonable sense unless otherwise indicated. Any headingsutilized within the description are for convenience only and have nolegal or limiting effect.

1. A commercial production of synthetic fuel from fiber system,comprising: providing wind or solar generated energy to a waterelectrolysis unit; providing water to said water electrolysis unit;cleaving said water within said water electrolysis unit into hydrogengas and oxygen gas; supplying said hydrogen gas and said oxygen gas to ahydrogen turbine; providing heat from said hydrogen turbine to a syngasreactor; providing a ground fibrous plant material within said syngasreactor; heating said ground fibrous plant material within said syngasreactor to produce a syngas; separating hydrogen, carbon monoxide, andcarbon dioxide from said syngas; inserting said hydrogen, said carbonmonoxide, and said carbon dioxide into a Fischer-Tropsch reactor;producing ethanol and methanol within said Fischer-Tropsch reactor; andcollecting said ethanol and said methanol produced by said insertingsaid hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide into saidFischer-Tropsch reactor.
 2. The commercial production of synthetic fuelfrom fiber system of claim 1, wherein said separating step is precededby condensing water molecules in said syngas by passing said syngasacross a water condenser unit.
 3. The commercial production of syntheticfuel from fiber system of claim 2, wherein said separating step ispreceded by passing said syngas through a zinc-magnesium column.
 4. Thecommercial production of synthetic fuel from fiber system of claim 1,wherein said separating step is preceded by passing said syngas througha zinc-magnesium column.
 5. The commercial production of synthetic fuelfrom fiber system of claim 1, wherein said separating step includesseparating methane and ethane from said syngas.
 6. The commercialproduction of synthetic fuel from fiber system of claim 5, wherein saidseparating step is followed by inserting methane and ethane into a steamreformation reactor.
 7. The commercial production of synthetic fuel fromfiber system of claim 6, wherein said separating step is followed bysupplying heat and steam to said steam reformation reactor to produce amixture of methanol and ethanol.
 8. The commercial production ofsynthetic fuel from fiber system of claim 7, wherein said syngas reactorproduces steam that is supplied to said steam reformation reactor. 9.The commercial production of synthetic fuel from fiber system of claim8, wherein said hydrogen turbine produces steam that is supplied to saidsteam reformation reactor.
 10. The commercial production of syntheticfuel from fiber system of claim 8, wherein said producing ethanol andmethanol within said Fischer-Tropsch reactor provides heat that issupplied to said steam reformation reactor.
 11. The commercialproduction of synthetic fuel from fiber system of claim 1, wherein saidFischer-Tropsch reactor produces heat that is supplied to said steamreformation reactor.
 12. The commercial production of synthetic fuelfrom fiber system of claim 1, wherein said producing step is followed byproviding unreacted carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide from saidFischer-Tropsch reactor to said hydrogen turbine.
 13. The commercialproduction of synthetic fuel from fiber system of claim 1, wherein saidsupplying step is followed by providing steam and water that accumulatein said hydrogen turbine to said water electrolysis unit.
 14. Thecommercial production of synthetic fuel from fiber system of claim 2,wherein said water condensed out of said syngas within said watercondenser is supplied to said water electrolysis unit.
 15. Thecommercial production of synthetic fuel from fiber system of claim 1,wherein said syngas reactor is operated at pressures between 20 and 1000PSI.
 16. The commercial production of synthetic fuel from fiber systemof claim 1, wherein said syngas reactor is operated at temperaturesbetween 20 and 2000 degrees Centigrade.